{"title":"Risk Perception","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/9781119483342.ch2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119483342.ch2","url":null,"abstract":"........................................................................................................................... iii LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................................. viii LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................ viii ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................................................ ix ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS...... ....................................................................ix CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 1 1.","PeriodicalId":13118,"journal":{"name":"Human and Ecological Risk Assessment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2019-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87013883","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bawa-Allah Kafilat Adebola, Saliu Joseph Kayode, Otitoloju Adebayo Akeem
{"title":"Integrated assessment of the heavy metal pollution status and potential ecological risk in the Lagos Lagoon, South West, Nigeria","authors":"Bawa-Allah Kafilat Adebola, Saliu Joseph Kayode, Otitoloju Adebayo Akeem","doi":"10.1080/10807039.2017.1384694","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2017.1384694","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study was carried out to assess the heavy metal pollution status and potential ecological risk in the Lagos lagoon, Nigeria. The concentrations of twelve heavy metals commonly associated with environmental pollution were determined in the sediments of the lagoon by Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry (AAS) and the cold vapor method was employed for Mercury (Hg). Nonempirical risk indices and empirical Sediment Quality Guidelines (SQGs) were used to assess the ecological risk associated with heavy metal in the sediments. The nonempirical risk indices showed that Hg, Arsenic (As), and Cadmium (Cd) are the major contributors to the ecological risk associated with heavy metal pollution in the ecosystem. Comparison of heavy metal concentrations to the Screening Quick Reference Table (SQuiRT) showed that mean concentration of Cd (5.22 and 4.88 mg kg−1 in dry and rainy seasons, respectively) exceeds the effect range low (ERL) value (1.20 mg kg−1) in effect to biota. Industries sited around the lagoon have effluent output points in the lagoon serving as a major source of heavy metals coupled with indirect discharges from other sources. Heavy metals are nonbiodegradable, toxic and have the potential to alter ecosystem health, thus pollution sources should be effectively monitored and contained.","PeriodicalId":13118,"journal":{"name":"Human and Ecological Risk Assessment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2018-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10807039.2017.1384694","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59626692","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew J Dellinger, Jared Olson, Robin Clark, Noel Pingatore, Michael P Ripley
{"title":"DEVELOPMENT AND PILOT TESTING OF A MODEL TO TRANSLATE RISK ASSESSMENT DATA FOR GREAT LAKES NATIVE AMERICAN COMMUNITIES USING MOBILE TECHNOLOGY.","authors":"Matthew J Dellinger, Jared Olson, Robin Clark, Noel Pingatore, Michael P Ripley","doi":"10.1080/10807039.2017.1377596","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2017.1377596","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Chippewa Ottowa Resource Authority monitors fish contaminants in Anishinaabe (Great Lake Native American) tribal fisheries. A software program (app) was programmed to translate and operationalize these data for the first time in an interactive, personalized, and culturally tailored format. This article reports the process for creation, and preliminary community reception, of interactive fish consumption advisory using software that can be accessed via mobile phones and/or the internet. Response data to previous advisories guided the app presentation and aesthetics. The app “Gigiigoo'inaan’ [Our Fish] presents personalized recommendations based on back-end calculated reference doses as well as a novel risk/benefit quantification originally presented by Ginsberg et al. (Human Ecol Risk Assess, Vol. 21, 2015, pp. 810–39) and Ginsberg and Toal (Environ Health Perspect, Vol. 117, 2009, pp. 267–75) to characterize nutritional benefits. The partnering organization, Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan recruited focus groups to pilot test the app for usability, influence on dietary behavior, and cultural appropriateness. The general concept of the app and the presentation of the data were deemed culturally acceptable and pleasing to the participants. The results suggest that risk-benefit data is valuable to end-users but meal frequency recommendations, typically based on federal guidelines, should also be clearly communicated. How these guidelines are selected and presented will likely impact the reception and adoption of consumption advice.","PeriodicalId":13118,"journal":{"name":"Human and Ecological Risk Assessment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10807039.2017.1377596","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"37271665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Megan Rockafellow-Baldoni, Steven E Spayd, Jun-Yan Hong, Qingyu Meng, Pamela Ohman-Strickland, Mark G Robson
{"title":"Arsenic Exposure and Cancer Risk Reduction with Local Ordinance Requiring Whole-House Dual-Tank Water Treatment Systems.","authors":"Megan Rockafellow-Baldoni, Steven E Spayd, Jun-Yan Hong, Qingyu Meng, Pamela Ohman-Strickland, Mark G Robson","doi":"10.1080/10807039.2017.1411779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2017.1411779","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Arsenic, a known human carcinogen, occurs naturally in groundwater in New Jersey and many other states and countries. A number of municipalities in the Piedmont, Highlands, and Valley and Ridge Physiographic Provinces of New Jersey have a high proportion of wells that exceed the New Jersey maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 5 µg/L. Hopewell Township, located in Mercer County and the Piedmont Province, has a progressive local ordinance which requires the installation of dual-tank, point-of-entry treatment systems on affected wells.Thisprovided a unique study opportunity. Of the 55 homes with dual-tank POE treatment systems recruited into this study, 51 homes (93%) had arsenic levels under the MCL at the kitchen sink, regardless of years in service and/or maintenance schedule adherence. Based on the study participants' water consumption and arsenic concentrations, we estimate that Hopewell's arsenic water treatment ordinance, requiring POE dual-tank arsenic treatment, reduced the incidence of excess lifetime (70-year) bladder and lung cancers from 121 (1.7 cancer cases/year) to 16 (0.2 cancer cases/year) preventing 105 lifetime cancer cases (1.5 cases/year). Because the high risk of cancer from arsenic can be mitigated with effective arsenic water treatment systems, this ordinance should be considered a model for other municipalities.</p>","PeriodicalId":13118,"journal":{"name":"Human and Ecological Risk Assessment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2018-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10807039.2017.1411779","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"36518343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ecological and human health risk assessment of agricultural soils based on heavy metals in mining areas of Singhbhum copper belt, India","authors":"S. Giri, A. Singh","doi":"10.1080/10807039.2017.1295224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/10807039.2017.1295224","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Risk characterization of agricultural soils in the mining areas of Singhbhum copper belt was done by determining the total concentrations of metals using inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry and assessing the potential ecological and human health risks. The concentrations were above the average shale values for most of the metals. Principal component analysis showed anthropogenic contributions of Cu, Ni, Co, Mn, Pb, and Cr in the soils. Ecological risk assessment revealed that 50% of the soil samples were at moderate to very high ecological risk. Health risks for adults and children were calculated using hazard quotients (HQs), hazard index (HI), and Cancer risks for the oral, dermal, and inhalation pathways. The HQs for all the metals except As and Co were below 1, which suggested that non-carcinogenic risks due to metal exposure through soils were within the safe limit. However, considering all the metals and pathways, the HI for adults and children was 0.71 and 5.61, respectively, suggesting appreciable risk to local residents. The carcinogenic risks due to As and Cr in the soils were within the acceptable value of 1E–04. For both carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risks, oral ingestion appeared to be the primary pathway followed by dermal and inhalation pathways.","PeriodicalId":13118,"journal":{"name":"Human and Ecological Risk Assessment","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.3,"publicationDate":"2017-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/10807039.2017.1295224","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59626684","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}